Monday, December 10, 2007

Gift suggestions from Eating L.A.'s friends and neighbors

Here's some foodie ideas for holiday giving, courtesy of Eating L.A.'s inbox.How about a membership to a private subscription chocolate tasting club? Kate Coe from Fishbowl LA recommends CocoaPrive, which offers sweets like Australian apricots with chocolate and pistachios, figgy pudding truffles or chocolate and sugar jewelry.

Save your mom or yourself the hassle of Christmas dinner by ordering turkey or ham dinner from Auntie Em's Kitchen. A vegetarian menu is also available with wild mushroom lasagna.

Order up one of Echo Park photographer Jon Huck's cool photo books like Breakfast, Drawings of People with Glasses or Couples.

And former Variety reporter Nicole LaPorte recommends Platine Cookies, which can be shipped anywhere in all manner of gift boxes. They also have the frosted, decorated kind, but we think the Chocolate Galore ones look rather toothsome.